Yep, all of this tells me there was no way we were going to resign him this summer, and I'm betting that got out and made the trade offers less and less.
But if Rondo was worried that another title wouldn't be coming his way if he stayed in Boston, he has to realize that his particular skill set would contribute to that fact. He's not a plug-and-play player, so very exact and precise circumstances and players would have to be involved for him to lead us to #18.
Yes, for Rondo to succeed he needed players that had almost identical offensive games. Kind of like Ray or AB as t your shooting guard, or Perk or Shaq or Bass as one of your starting bigs. It's that exact and precise.
Hey man, how do you feel about Rondo leaving?
Bummed about what it says about the near term future of the Celts. There wasn't really a reason to trade him if you were going to upgrade the talent around him, no reason to keep him if you didn't expect to in any reasonable amount of time. I think this means that we're in for a long rebuild. Hopefully I'm wrong.
Condolences Tim- I was in shock when I read the news of the trade, so I can only imagine your emotions when your favorite player on your favorite team was traded away. I mean he was, after KG, my favorite player on my favorite team and it was a blow to the gut even if I knew that it was highly possible.
You hit the nail on the head with what likely happened.
Danny's plan A was to re-sign Rondo with some top 20 players.
Rondo's slower than expected injury recovery coupled with terrible team mates/rookies just made him so undervalued in an almost unfair way.
Plan B:
Well, unfortunately for Ainge, he couldn't see top 20 players on the Celtics horizon so the only way we can get them is with drafted talent or talent exchanged for our draft picks.
And yes, the worst part about it is that we are probably waiting another 5-10 years for a title.
Best part is that we've got Danny Ainge.
Without Danny here who knows what situation we'd be in now.
If Rondo can make a nice recovery in Dallas, get his health and numbers back to 100%, then hopefully we'll see him in Celtic green before he retires again. Dallas is an excellent situation for him though so I'm happy for him in that regard.
Question for you; are you down for a professional tank after the Rondo trade?